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“He was exhausted, trying his best to keep the boy from drifting out any further while his dad was frantic on the shoreline.

“I think his dad had tried to swim out first of all, but was unable to fight against the current.”

Jack, an assistant sailing and windsurfing instructor, was able to pick up the boy and the man, who was said to be a local construction worker, and made sure they were wrapped in a thermal blanket to keep them warm during the journey back to dry land.

A man was flown to Ysbyty Glan Clwyd (Image: Thomas Hutin)

Ewan Byers, a senior instructor at Colwyn Bay Watersports, said: “Jack did very well to get out there so quickly. He acted very conscientiously.

“We take part in a few rescues every summer but, with the rescue helicopter being called out, this is obviously one of the most high-profile.”

The Welsh Ambulance Service sent three ambulances to the scene, where Llandudno’s all-weather lifeboat, the local coastguard and the rescue helicopter were also involved.

The condition of the man flown to Ysbyty Glan Clwyd is not thought to be serious.